Display-cabinet.



.l. W. MILLEN- DISPLAY CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-27.1914- 1,162,299, Patented Nov; 30, 1915.

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DISPLAY CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED. AUG-2?. 1914.

Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

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JOHN W. MILLEN, OF FOREST HILLS, NEW YORK.

DISPLAY-CABJlN'ET. I

7 Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nflv. 3t}, 1915.

Application filed August 27, 1914. Serial No. 858.822.

I for storing a stock of the curtains displayed,

so that the salesman may supplyfrom the cabinet itself a demand for any of the cur tains displayed.

A further object-of my invention is to provide in conjunction with said cabinet a display rack for curtain rods, as well as a storage for a supply of said rods so displayed. I V

My improved device embodies certain novel details of construction, as will be hereinafter more definitely pointed out and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view of a cabinet embodying my improved construc- 30 tion; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View of the upper portion of the same Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail sectional view similar to Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view similar to Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view of one corner of the cabinet taken through the curtain supporting mechanism; Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail of the bearing for the door; Fig. 7, is

a perspective View of a slightly modified form of cabinet.

Similar numerals of reference denote corresponding parts in the several views.

Inv the said drawings, having reference more particularly to Figs. lto 5,-the reference numeral 1 denotes the bodyof the cabinet having a suitable top 2, the same being divided by shelves 3 into a series of compartments 4 for receiving lace curtains in bulk, the'front edges of said shelves being set back from the front of the cabinet, as shown in Fig. 1, to provide a space to receive the sample curtain supportingmechanism hereinafter described. At one side the cabinet is provided with a vertical partition 5 extending from top to bottom of the same, and which forms, in conjunction with the side wall of the cabinet, a pocket for receiving the door 6. Disposed vertically in said cabinet and just inside of said door when closed is a fixed vertical rod 7 extending from the top to the bottom of the cabi net. Fixed upon said rod by means of set screws 8, and near the top and bottom of the same, are the sleeves 9, each of the same being formed with a horizontal segmental portion 10, in the upper surface of which is disposed a series of ball bearings 11. The inner wall of the door 6 opposite the sleeves 9 is formed with inward horizontally projecting lips or flanges 12 adapted to rest upon the ball bearings '11 to form a support upon which the door may slide. On the inner face of the door are provided, near the upper and lower ends of said door, suitable bails 13 adapted to embrace'the vertical rod 7 and form a means for guiding and for preventing the displacement of the door. With the door in its closed position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, it will be seen that the end of the bail 13 is spaced a short'distance from the rod 7 so that thedoor may be drawn slightly to the right in order to disengage its left hand endfrom the side 7 wall of the cabinet, so that said door may be turned to be forced into the pocket formed bythe partition 5,, in a manner readily understood.

Pivotally mounted upon the rod 7 above 4 the upper sleeve 9 is a bracket 14, the same being formed of angle iron having upper and lower horizontal. portions 15, in which are pivoted the pintles 16 of the blocks 16, the latter having mounted thereon horizontally disposed rods 17 which formthe supports for the sample'lace curtains. By reference to Fig. 4 it will beobserved that the upper pintles 16 are longer than the lower pintles, whereby the same may be disengaged from thebracket 14 by lifting the blocks 16 slightly, in a manner well understood. In Fig. 51 have shown the bracket 14 in full lines in its closed position, with the door 6 also inclosed position, and in dotted lines'said bracketis shown swung to the open position, which may be done when the door 6 has been disposed in the pocket formed by the partition 5, and said bracket 14 may be swung still farther to the position junction with the lace curtains.

shown to the left in Fig. 7 whereby the rods 17 and the sample curtains carried thereby may be disposed to the side of the cabinet, leaving free access to the contents of the shelves thereof.

In use the door is slid on the ball bearings 11 to its concealed position within the cabinet, whereupon the bracket let may be swung to open position in order more properly to display the sample lace curtains hung upon the rods 17. The shelves formed in the cabinet may be stocked with the curtains displayed upon said bracket, so that when a sale is made the salesman may deliver the goods directly from the cabinet without being compelled to. send to the stock room. When it is desired to close the cabinet, the bracket 14 is turned to the full line position shown in Figs. 1 and 5, whereupon the door Gmay be drawn out and disposed to close the cabinet and conceal and protect the contents thereof, including the sample lace curtains on the rods 17. In Figs. 2 and 7 I have shown an improved form of rack upon the top of the cabinet adapted to support samples of curtain rods, to be sold in con- Said rack embodies a rectangular frame 18 preferably formed of angle iron and having its bottom surface angled or beveled and provided with a series of pins adapted to enter recesses in'thetop of the cabinet 1 to support said frame. As'an additional support, I provide one or more rods 20 bolted to the rear of said frame 18, said rod being bent atlts inner end into a hook 21 adapted to be passed through a socket 22 on the top of the cabinet,-said.rod being so bent that when its'hook 21 has passed through said socket it will spring automatically into engagement with theedge of the same to maintain the frame 18 firmly but detachably in position. The outer face of the frame 18 is provided with a series of threaded aperturesto receive the hooks 23, adapted detachably to receive and retain the sample curtain rods 24 in position for display.

At the bottom of the cabinet I provide a series of drawers, the lowermost drawer 25 being disposed in a permanent drawer slide, while the series of drawers 26 above the same preferably are disposed in a. removable sliding casing 27 as best seen in Fig. 10. Said guide 27 is formed preferably of sheet metal such as steel and is bent at 28 to form projecting portions adapted to engage in recesses 29 formed in the sides of the drawers 26 whereby the latter are supported and guided into and out of position.

In Fig. 7 I have shown cabinet in which no front door is provided, it being understood that the. front of the same may be closed by any suitable curtain in place of the door 6' if desired and in said figure I have shown also a bracket 14 at each side hf the cabinet, which construction may also be used with the construction otherwise shown in Fig. 1.

I also wish it to be understood that in place of using a single door 6 I contemplate the use of double doors, and for the same contemplate providing a pocket upon each side of the cabinet similar to the pocket formed by the partition 5 shown in Fig. 1, whereby said double doors may be moved into and concealed in said cabinet upon each side.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A display cabinet, embodyin an article supporting bracket, a. vertical rod spaced from the side wall of said cabinet and to which said bracket is pivoted, and a sliding door for said cabinet carried and guided by said rod in spaced relation thereto but slidable bodily with respect thereto, and adapted when in open position to lie between said rod and cabinet side wall and to the rear of said bracket and when in closed-position to conceal said bracket.

2. A. display cabinet having a. vertical partition therein at one side forming in conjunction with the side wall of the cabinet a pocket, an article supporting bracket, a vertical rod spaced from the side wall of said cabinet and to which said bracket is pivoted, and a sliding door for said cabinet adapted to be moved into and out of said pocket and carried and guided by said rod in spaced relation thereto, but slidable bodily with respect thereto, and adapted when in open position to lie between said rod and cabinet side wall and to the rear of said bracket in one of the positions of the latter and when in closed position to inclose said bracket. I 3. A display cabinet having a vertical partition therein at one side forming in conjunction with the side wall of the cabinet a pocket, a fixed vertical rod in the front of the cabinet near said pocket but spaced from said side wall, a door for said cabinet, and means for supporting said door from said rod and limiting the movement thereof but permitting said door to slide pivotally into said pocket.

4. A display cabinet, embod'yinga vertical rod in the front of the same near one side thereof, horizontally projecting elements on said rod near its upper and lower ends, a door for said cabinet having horizontal portions resting on the horizontal portions of said rod, whereby said door will be supported, and bails on said door encircling said rod to maintain the door from disengagement from said supports but permitting bodily sliding movement of said door to a position within said cabinet.

5. A display cabinet, embodying a vertical rod in the front of the same near one side thereof, segments supported on said rod near its upper and lower ends, ball bearings mounted in said segments, a door for said cabinet having horizontal portions resting on said ball-bearlngs, and balls on said door enclrchng said rod to malntaln the door from disengagement from said ball bearings but permitting bodily sliding movement of said door to a position'within 10 Witnesses.

JOHN W. MILLEN.

Vitnesses EARL F. LOWELL, WALDEMAR ,F. TIMME.

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